#C05A42#C05A42

#C05A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.137 H 34.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C05A42
RGB	rgb(192, 90, 66)
HSL	hsl(11, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(11, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.1%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, 39.13, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 51.27, 40.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% 0.1127 0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.137 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3801, 18.9154, 7.4150)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C05A42 #42A8C0

analogous

#C04269 #C05A42 #C09942

triadic

#C05A42 #42C05A #5A42C0

tetradic

#C05A42 #69C042 #42A8C0 #9942C0

square

#C05A42 #69C042 #42A8C0 #9942C0

split-complementary

#C05A42 #42C099 #4269C0

monochromatic

#662F22 #944431 #C05A42 #CF8270 #DFAA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#C05A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#C05A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C05A42

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C05A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C05A42	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8140

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D24654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c05a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 90, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.137 34.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d98b77',
    500: '#c05a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c05a42;
$custom-light: #d98b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c05a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58884,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C05A42

secondary

#93C0CB

accent

#BFDA4E

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C05A42

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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